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Safety module
The mobile robot safety module ensures safe interaction between humans and robots. This includes monitoring, detecting faults and initiating appropriate actions to ensure the mobile robot operates safely.
View safety module block diagramMotor control
This motor control drive is connected to the robot battery and will include current, voltage sensing and an encoder interface. As the drive is battery operated, high efficiency is required including the potential feature of integrated functional safety.
View motor control block diagramSensor module
The mobile robot sensor module enhances navigation and perception, incorporating a range of sensors for real-time data collection. It enables the robot to intelligently interact with its environment, avoiding obstacles, and ensuring precise and adaptive movements in various scenarios.
View sensor module block diagramCPU & compute module
The mobile robot compute module performs the decision-making of the mobile robot. With advanced processing capabilities, it enables real-time data analysis, enhancing the robot's ability to navigate, perceive its surroundings and execute tasks efficiently.
View CPU & compute module block diagramWhy choose TI for your industrial mobile robot (AGV/AMR) design?
Meet functional safety requirements
Achieve safety standards such as IEC 61508, ISO 13849 and ISO 26262 at lower system-level costs by using on-chip safety capabilities of our latest analog and embedded ICs.
Develop intelligent sensing, perception and navigation
Our processor families offer high-performance edge AI computing for perception, sensor fusion and navigation. Our broad TI mmWave radar portfolio enables high-accuracy sensing for mobile robots.
Build smart, safe and compact robot motor drives
Our gate drivers enable you to build small, efficient and safe motors while our adjustable slew rates, integrated power supply and protection support a variety of safety functions.
Engineering smarter, safer automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots
Increase your robot’s performance and speed without compromising response time to a safety threat
Our broad portfolio of high accuracy mmWave sensors can help you achieve the highest level of precision in your design. Our mmWave radar sensors enable precise data collection through a 360-degree view. Our radar technology is also pre-certified SIL 2 from TÜV SÜD to facilitate the safety design cycle and is capable of fulfilling the requirements of the IEC 61496-5 standard for radar protective devices.
Webinar: Sensing in Robotics
TI mmWave experts dicuss functional safety
Nanosecond laser driver reference design for LiDAR
Increase system performance with our latest in-phase current sensors with the highest accuracy
Our DRV835xF 102-V, 3-phase Functional Safety Quality-Managed smart gate driver reduces BOM with a small form factor due to integrated short-circuit protection and configurable gate drive strength. Reduce certification efforts by using our TUEV assessed report and safety documentation for DRV835xF Safe Torque Off.
48V/10A High Frequency PWM 3-Phase GaN Inverter Reference Design for High-Speed Drives
Design Smaller Safe Torque Off (STO) Systems Using 3-Phase Smart Gate Drivers
Featured products for power stages
Pack more performance and power into every mobile robot
Control the position, torque and speed of the synchronized axis within your robot and servo drive control module systems in harsh industrial environments with real-time communication. As the leader in real-time control performance, our scalable, ultra-low latency, real-time microcontrollers are designed for efficiency in power electronics.
How to achieve precise motion control in industrial drives
Revolutionizing Real-Time Control, Networking and Analytics w/ Sitara™ AM2x MCUs
Industrial Functional Safety for C2000™ Real-Time Microcontrollers (Rev. E)
Streamline your functional safety system certification
Meet the rigorous requirements of functional safety standards, such as IEC 61508, with our Functional Safety-Complaint sensors and processors for simple, safe and affordable solutions. We offer functional safety-certified engineers, available documentation and resources, such as functional safety Failures In Time (FIT) rate, Failure modes, effects and diagnostic analysis (FMEDA), safety certificates and software diagnostics libraries, to help you streamline the certification process.
Optimizing functional safety for industrial robots
Design Smaller Safe Torque Off (STO) Systems Using 3-Phase Smart Gate Drivers
Functional safety at TI
Design functionally safe, affordable perception systems
Accurate perception needs increased levels of sensing and processing. Our high-performance processors with hardware accelerated vision, sensor fusion and AI processing are designed for safety. With high-level integration, our devices allow you to design functionally safe perception systems with low-power, small form-factor and optimized system cost.
Robot navigation using SLAM
Designing an Efficient Edge AI System with Highly Integrated Processors (Rev. A)
How are sensors and processors creating more intelligent and autonomous robots?
Design & development resources
48V/500W Three-phase Inverter with Smart Gate Driver Reference Design for Servo Drives
48V/10A High Frequency PWM 3-Phase GaN Inverter Reference Design for High-Speed Drives
Autonomous robot reference design using ROS on Sitara™ MPU & antenna-on-package mmWave sensors
This reference design showcases autonomous robotics with the Processor SDK Linux running on the Sitara AM57x processor, and the mmWave SDK running on the IWR6843 EVM. This design demonstrates the functionality of an embedded robotic system where point-cloud data from the mmWave radar sensing is (...)
Technical resources
E-book: An engineer’s guide to industrial robot designs
BeagleBone® AI-64
Robotics SDK
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